Comments on Yanks Are Baseball’s Cash Cow

Baseball needs the big bad Yankees. Would anyone be interested in a, say, Devil Rays – Rockies World Series? Don’t look for a hard salary cap in the next CBA — besides, if a team can go from 119 losses to being in the WS in three years, there truly is a lot of competitiveness in baseball (unless you happen to be those aforementioned Devil Rays.)

RBJ, I wouldn’t even classify the Devil Rays as the worst offender. I’d give that title to the Royals who refuse to spend except to spend unwisely. I think their new GM Dayton Moore made some good moves this year but ultimtely it’ll depend on how much of a bastard their owner wants to be. And if history is any guide, their owner will be a big bastard. At least the D-Rays are trying and they’ve got good young players (Crawford, Upton, Young, Baldelli, Cantu).